“I feel especially grateful to have Estar as my composition teacher - she brings such keen insight into improving all aspects of my songwriting. From setting a song’s lyrics to melody, shaping and honing that melodic line for greater impact, exploring a wider and more nuanced range of possibilities in harmonizing/reharmonizing the song, through a vast array of arrangement through performance considerations, she draws from her depth of experience and exceptional musicality to help my songwriting efforts develop in ways I wouldn’t have thought possible. As a gifted practicing musician, arranger and educator, she makes learning about songwriting inspiring and fun.”